12 years ago
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott are among the scheduled speakers for the Kansas Republican Party's annual convention in January. The two-day event will be Jan. 24-25 in Wichita. Hundreds of GOP elected officials and party activists are expected to attend. The Kansas GOP says Perry is scheduled to speak at a dinner ...

12 years ago
Governor  Sam Brownback has named a deputy Kansas secretary of agriculture to lead the department. Brownback said in a release Monday that Jackie McClaskey will succeed Dale Rodman as secretary of the state's Agriculture Department after Rodman steps down Dec. 10. McClaskey has been with the department since January 2011, when she became an assistant secretary. She ...

12 years ago
A man held in connection with the deaths of a southeast Kansas mother and her three children has had his first court appearance. KWCH-TV reports that 22-year-old David Cornell Bennett Jr., of Cherryvale, appeared Monday in Labette County District Court through a video feed from the county jail. The judge found probable cause to continue holding Bennett ...

12 years ago
A Wisconsin truck driver who joined a cyberattack on Wichita-based Koch Industries has been sentenced to two years' probation for the onslaught that briefly took the company's website offline. Eric Rosol, of Black Creek, Wis., was also ordered Monday to pay $183,000 in restitution for taking part in the attack on Koch Industries. He pleaded guilty ...

12 years ago
A group has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a Kansas middle school of violating a student's free speech rights by prohibiting the student from posting fliers about a prayer event. The lawsuit was filed in Kansas City, Kan., by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian group that advocates for religious rights. The suit contends the Robert ...

12 years ago
A former Wichita police officer has been sentenced to one year of probation for conspiring to bribe a car-theft victim in an unsuccessful effort to keep her job. The U.S. Attorney's office says 35-year-old Joletta Vallejo was sentenced Monday in federal court in Wichita, where she pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Vallejo ...

12 years ago
Topeka police say they haven't identified any suspects in the deaths of three residents and a shooting that left a woman seriously wounded. Police said Monday their investigation of the woman's shooting Sunday afternoon led them to the bodies of two men and a woman at her central Topeka home, blocks away. They did not say how ...

12 years ago
Family and friends continue to rally around a Central High Senior who is battling cancer. With encouragement baked in to every cake and cookie made, organizers are preparing for a fund raiser to help 17-year-old Taryn Edwards of Salina who was diagnosed with Large B-Cell Lymphoma in March. Organizer Anna Parker tells KSAL News that the upcoming ...

12 years ago
The Saline County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of three ATVs from a Salina machinery business. Sheriff Glen Kochanowski tells KSAL News that 3 Polaris brand ATVs were stolen early Saturday morning sometime between 1:45am and 2:07am from Straub International, 3637 S. 9th. Deputies say that thieves apparently used the vehicles pulling power to break the ...

12 years ago
Salina Police are investigating several residential burglary and theft cases from over the long holiday weekend. Police are investigating a burglary and theft that occurred on Wednesday in the 100 block of N. College. The owner told officers he returned home to find his back door left open and a Nintendo Wii game system stolen. A ...

12 years ago
Four bags of drum cymbals are stolen from a room at Kansas Wesleyan University. Salina Police report that sometime between November 8th and November 16th, someone removed 4 bags of Zildjian drum cymbals from the percussion room on KW's campus at 100 E. Claflin. Police say instructor Dean Kranzler reported the loss to officers after making sure ...